Bioassay for assessing cell stress in the vicinity of radio-frequency irradiating antennas.

Monselise EB, Levkovitz A, Gottlieb HE, Kost D.

Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel. bened@bgu.ac.il

Abstract
The 24 h exposure of water plants (etiolated duckweed) to RF-EMF between 7.8 V m(-1) and 1.8 V m(-1), generated by AM 1.287 MHz transmitting antennas, resulted in alanine accumulation in the plant cells, a phenomenon we have previously shown to be a universal stress signal.

The magnitude of the effect corresponds qualitatively to the level of RF-EMF exposure. In the presence of 10 mM vitamin C, alanine accumulation is completely suppressed, suggesting the involvement of free radicals in the process.

A unique biological connection has thus been made between exposure to RF-EMF and cell stress, in the vicinity of RF transmitting antennas. This simple test, which lasts only 24 h, constitutes a useful bioassay for the quick detection of biological cell stress caused in the vicinity of RF irradiating antennas.